UMBC News and Magazine Headlines

Today’s Boston Globe published a letter by Seth D. Messinger, associate professor in UMBC’s Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, in the opinion series “Voices on the Bombings.” Messinger, a...

In an ongoing series on baby boomers who have been married for 25 years or more, the New York Times this week featured Retriever alumni sweethearts Pam and James Hayes-Bohanan ’86, who met and...

Corey Fleischer ’05, ’08 M.S. mechanical engineering,  zooms a homemade Wii-controlled car around his driveway by day, and rules the demolition derby by night. He geeks out about nanotechnology,...

Theatre alumna Deborah Randall ’94, founder of Venus Theatre in Laurel, will speak on “Embracing the Female Voice in Our Society” on Wednesday, April 24, at noon in Public Policy 105. The Raymond...

Texts, Technologies, and Literature Beginning this fall, the English department will offer a new masters of arts in texts, technologies, and literature. The program is currently recruiting its...

The Two Gentlemen of Verona UMBC celebrates a milestone this month as the Department of Theatre stages its first production in the new Performing Arts and Humanities Building Proscenium Theatre....

Beginning next month, the Maryland Art Place will host the exhibition Oasis Places, featuring the work of five artists, including collaborative work by Nicole King, American Studies, and Stephen...

In the last year, three top aides and three department secretaries have left Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration. Although some have voiced concern, Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of...

Carlyn Thomas installing exhibition Carlyn Thomas ’13, visual arts, is curating an art exhibition as part of her senior thesis project, and will install the show, Out of Mind, in Gallery 788. She...

NBC Chicago’s politics blog “The Ward Room” recently posted an opinion piece affirming Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision to refuse to provide public money for a $500 million renovation of Wrigley...